Burundi vs Ecuador: Carbon intensity of energy

Burundi

234.44 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Ecuador

236.65 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Burundi rank

62nd

Ecuador rank

59th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

Burundi
Ecuador

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 236.65 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 234.44 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Burundi, a difference of 2.21 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 62nd and Ecuador ranks 59th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon intensity of energy
Unit: grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.